Genetic and biochemical characterization of MbeA, the relaxase involved in plasmid ColE1 conjugative mobilization

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 481-493

  Varsaki, Athanasia ^a,b   Lucas, María ^b   Afendra, Amalia S ^a   Drainas, Constantin ^a   De La Cruz, Fernando ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; GENE PRODUCT; HISTIDINE; MUTANT PROTEIN; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN MBEA; RELAXASE; TYROSINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; CATALYSIS; DNA CLEAVAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MAPPING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038687623     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03441.x     Document Type: Article

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